MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it was ready to renew gas talks with Kiev, but only if it paid its debts, in a possible offer of dialogue after the two nations' leaders said they had discussed steps towards peace in eastern Ukraine.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, responding to a Ukrainian proposal to pay seasonal prices for Russian gas, said Moscow would resume supplies only if Kiev paid down its "astronomical debts" and named a gas price well over that previously cited by Kiev.
